French Fos Tonkin Terminal Receives 5500th LNG Tanker

Elengy, a GDF Suez unit, said in a statement that the Fos Tonkin terminal just received its 5500th LNG tanker coming from Bethioua, Algeria.

This new record, less than 4 years and a half after the previous one (5000th), shows that the Fos Tonkin terminal is still privileged by Elengy’s clients for Medmax cargoes reception (75000m3).

This high-use situation is conforted by the all-new LNG mega-train Skikda in 2013, the company said.

Located on the Mediterranean coast, 50 km west of Marseille, the Fos Tonkin terminal operates 24/7, receiving LNG carriers transporting up to 75,000 m3 of LNG, a capacity level appropriate to Mediterranean traffic.

The terminal has a send-out capacity of 5.5 billion m3 of natural gas per year.